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|name = Kandi 
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|other_name = কান্দি বিধানসভা কেন্দ্র
|settlement_type = Vidhan Sabha constituency 
|leader_title = Incumbent MLA
|leader_name = [[ Apurba Sarkar ]]
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'''Kandi (Vidhan Sabha constituency)''' is an [[Vidhan Sabha|assembly]] constituency in [[Murshidabad district]] in the [[India]]n [[States and territories of India|state]] of [[West Bengal]].

==Overview==
As per orders of the [[Delimitation Commission of India|Delimitation Commission]], No. 68 Kandi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) covers [[Kandi, Murshidabad|Kandi]] municipality, [[Kandi (community development block)|Kandi]] [[Community Development Block in India|community development block]], and Satui Chaurigachha [[gram panchayat]] of [[Berhampore (community development block)|Berhampore]] community development block.<ref name =delimitation>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/delim/Final_Publications/WestBengal/FINAL%20ORDER%20NOTIFICATION_English.pdf | title = Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 | access-date = 13 July 2013 | work = West Bengal| publisher = Election Commission of India }}</ref>

Kandi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) is part of No. 10 [[Baharampur (Lok Sabha constituency)]].<ref name =delimitation/>

==Members of Legislative Assembly==
{| class="wikitable"ìÍĦĤĠčw
|-
! Election<br/> Year!!Constituency!!Name of M.L.A.!!Party Affiliation
|-
|[[1951 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1951]]||Kandi||Goalbadan Trivedi||[[Indian National Congress]]<ref name=vidhansabha1952>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1951/STATISTICALREPORTS_51_WestBengal.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1951, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1957 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1957]]||||Sudhir Mondal||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1957>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1957/StatRep_WB_1957.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1957, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|||||Bimal Chandra Sinha||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1957/>
|-
|[[1962 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1962]]||||Kumar Jagadish Chandra Sinha|| Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1962>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1962/StatRep_WB_1962.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1962, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[1967 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|1967]]||||G.Trivedi||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1967>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1967/Statistical%20report%20WB1967.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1969||||Kumar Jagadish Chandra Sinha||Independent<ref name=vidhansabha1969>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1969/StatReport_WB_69.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission |access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1971||||[[Atish Chandra Sinha]]||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1971>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1971/StatReport_WB_71.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1972||||Atish Chandra Sinha||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1972>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1972/StatReport_WB_72.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1977||||Atish Chandra Sinha||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1977>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1977/StatisticalReportWestBengal77.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1982||||Atish Chandra Sinha||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1982>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1982/StatisticalReportWestBengal82.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1987||||Syed Wahid Reza||[[Communist Party of India]]<ref name=vidhansabha1987>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1987/StatisticalReportWestBengal87.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1991||||Atish Chandra Sinha||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1991>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1991/StatisticalReport-West%20Bengal91.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|1996||||Atish Chandra Sinha||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha1996>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_1996/StatisticalReport-WB96.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2001 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2001]]||||Atish Chandra Sinha||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha2001>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2001/StatRept_WB_2001.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2006 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2006]]||||Apurba Sarkar||Congress-Supported Independent<ref name=vidhansabha2006>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/SE_2006/StatReport_WB_2006.pdf |title = General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election|2011]]||||Apurba Sarkar||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|[[West Bengal Legislative Assembly election, 2016|2016]]||||Apurba Sarkar||Indian National Congress<ref name=vidhansabha2011>{{cite web| url =http://eci.nic.in/eci_main/StatisticalReports/AE2011/stat_WB_May2011.pdf|title = General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal | work= Constituency-wise Data|publisher= Election Commission | access-date = 20 July 2014}}</ref>
|-
|2019
|
|Safiul Alam Khan(Bonu khan)
|Indian National Congress
|}

==Election results==

===2011===
In the 2011 election, Apurba Sarkar of Congress defeated his nearest rival Ainal Haque of CPI.

{{Election box begin | title=[[2011 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2011]]: Kandi constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=68|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Kandi| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = Apurba Sarkar (David)
|votes = 66,513
|percentage = 46.10
|change = + 13.59#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Ainal Haque
|votes = 58,703
|percentage = 40.68
|change = +7.64
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Sahitya Pradip Sinha
|votes = 9,836
|percentage = 6.82
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bharatiya Janata Party
|candidate = Dhananjoy Mandal
|votes = 4,351
|percentage = 3.02
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Bahujan Samaj Party
|candidate = Amit Kumar Das
|votes = 1,429
|percentage =
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
|candidate = Manirul Islam
|votes = 1,254
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Sasti Konai
|votes = 850
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Janata Dal (United)
|candidate = Nazimul Islam
|votes = 736
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = [[Muslim League Kerala State Committee|MLKSC]]
|candidate = Majibur Rahaman Sheikh
|votes = 615
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 144,287
|percentage = 80.91
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing = -21.51#
}}
{{Election box end}}

Sahitya Pradip Sinha, contesting as an independent, was reportedly backed by Trinamool Congress.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=365076:murshidabad-birbhum-independents-pose-problems-for-official-candidates&catid=73:kolkata-plus&from_page=search |title=Murshidabad, Birbhum Independents pose problems for official candidates |publisher=The Statesman 6 April 2011 |access-date=5 June 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612082640/http://www.thestatesman.net/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=365076%3Amurshidabad-birbhum-independents-pose-problems-for-official-candidates&catid=73%3Akolkata-plus&from_page=search |archive-date=12 June 2012 }}</ref>

<small>.# Swing calculated on Congress+Rebel Congress (Independent) vote percentages taken together in 2006. Calculated only on the vote percentages secured by Apurba Sarakar in 2006 and 2011 the swing is +3.59%.</small>

===2006===
In the 2006 election, Apurba Sarkar of Congress MP of [[Baharampur]], [[Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury]] Supported Independent defeated his nearest rival Abdul Hamid of CPI.
{{Election box begin | title=[[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|West Bengal assembly elections, 2006]]: Kandi constituency<ref name=vidhansabha2011/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://www.empoweringindia.org/new/constituency.aspx?eid=736&cid=68|title = West Bengal Assembly Election 2011 |work = Kandi| publisher =Empowering India |access-date = 20 April 2011}}</ref>}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Apurba Sarkar (David)
|votes = 50,157
|percentage = 34.87
|change = - 13.87#
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India
|candidate = Abdul Hamid
|votes = 47,525
|percentage = 33.04
|change = +7.64
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Indian National Congress
|candidate = [[Atish Chandra Sinha]]
|votes = 36,103
|percentage = 25.10
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Hari Prasad Chandra
|votes = 2,204
|percentage = 1.53
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = All India Trinamool Congress
|candidate = Partha Mukherjee
|votes = 1,787
|percentage =
|change =
}}

{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) Liberation
|candidate = Syed Fazle Alam
|votes = 1,532
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Md. Safiuddin Sk.
|votes = 1184
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate with party link
|party = Independent (politician)|Independent
|candidate = Uday Das
|votes = 996
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Narendra Narayan Roy
|votes = 893
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Babu Bagdhi
|votes = 884
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box candidate
|party = Independent
|candidate = Md. Shahzamal
|votes = 561
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box turnout
|votes = 143,829
|percentage =
|change =
}}
{{Election box hold with party link
|winner = Indian National Congress
|swing = -21.51#
}}
{{Election box end}}

===1977–2006===
In the [[2006 West Bengal state assembly election|2006 state assembly elections]]<ref name=vidhansabha2006/> Apurba Sarkar, Independent, won the 68 Kandi assembly seat defeating his nearest rival Abdul Hamid of [[Communist Party of India|CPI]]. Apurba Sarkar, contesting as an independent, was a rebel congress candidate put up by [[Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury|Adhir Choudhury]] as a protest against the official Congress candidate [[Atish Chandra Sinha|Atish Sinha]].<ref>{{cite news| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1060512/asp/bengal/story_6214010.asp|title = Adhir beats Cong at home | publisher = The Telegraph 12 May 2006|access-date = 13 May 2011| location=Calcutta, India| date=12 May 2006}}</ref> He was subsequently taken back into the Congress.<ref>{{cite news| url = http://www.telegraphindia.com/1110417/jsp/bengal/story_13864257.jsp |title = Didi turns up heat on dissidents | publisher = The Telegraph 17 April 2011|access-date = 25 May 2011 | location=Calcutta, India | first=Alamgir | last=Hussain | date=17 April 2011}}</ref> Contests in most years were multi cornered but only winners and runners are being mentioned. [[Atish Chandra Sinha]] of [[Indian National Congress|Congress]] defeated Chandan Sen of CPI in 2001,<ref name=vidhansabha2001/> Syed Wahid Reza of CPI in 1996<ref name=vidhansabha1996/> and 1991.<ref name=vidhansabha1991/> Syed Wahid Reza of CPI defeated Bankim Trivedi of Congress in 1987.<ref name=vidhansabha1987/> Atish Chandra Sinha of Congress defeated Syed Abdur Razzaque of CPI in 1982<ref name=vidhansabha1982/> and Jagadish Sinha of [[Janata Party]] in 1977.<ref name=vidhansabha1977/><ref>{{cite web| url = http://eci.nic.in/archive/ElectionAnalysis/AE/S25/Partycomp65.htm | title = 65 - Kandi Assembly Constituency | work = Partywise Comparison Since 1977 | publisher = Election Commission of India| access-date = 26 September 2010}}</ref>

===1951–1972===
Atish Chandra Sinha won in 1972<ref name=vidhansabha1972/> and 1971.<ref name=vidhansabha1971/> Kumar Jagadish Chandra Sinha, Independent, won in 1969.<ref name=vidhansabha1969/> G. Trivedi of Congress won in 1967.<ref name=vidhansabha1967/> Kumar Jagadish Chandra Sinha of Congress won in [[1962 West Bengal state assembly election|1962]].<ref name=vidhansabha1962/> Kandi was a joint seat in [[1957 West Bengal state assembly election|1957]].<ref name=vidhansabha1957/> Sudhir Mondal and Bimal Chandra Sinha, both of Congress, won the seat jointly. In [[1952 West Bengal state assembly election|independent India's first election in 1951]] Goalbadan Trivedi of Congress won from the Kandi seat.<ref name=vidhansabha1952/>

==References==
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{{West Bengal elections}}

[[Category:Assembly constituencies of West Bengal]]
[[Category:Politics of Murshidabad district]]

Kandi (Vidhan Sabha constituency) - Revision history

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